Low Inventory Alert Guru vs StockAlert ‑ Inventory Alerts
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 22, 2026 for Low Inventory Alert Guru, Oct 25, 2026 for StockAlert.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Low Inventory Alert Guru 5.0 from 9 reviews and StockAlert 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- Only StockAlert lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.95/month for Low Inventory Alert Guru and $7.99/month for StockAlert.
- StockAlert lists 8 features Low Inventory Alert Guru’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Custom alerts, Email.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter Plan
- · - Locations
- · - Products
- · - SKUs
- · - Storewide
- · - Variants
- · 10 Credits: set 10 alerts of any type:
Essential Plan
- · 100 Credits (set 100 alerts of any type)
- · Everything in the Starter plan
Professional Plan
- · 500 Credits (set 500 alerts of any type)
- · Everything in the Essential plan
Enterprise Plan
- · Everything in the Professional plan
- · Set unlimited alerts of any type
- · Unlimited Credits
Free
- · 1 location
- · 1 recipient email address
- · Daily or weekly digest emails
- · Up to 50 variants monitored
Starter
- · 1 email recipient · 2 location
- · Advanced alert filters
- · Instant + daily + weekly alerts
- · Per-variant snooze
- · Per-variant threshold overrides
- · Up to 200 variants monitored
Growth
- · 3 email recipients
- · Everything in Starter, plus:
- · Multi-location alerts (up to 3)
- · Not-restocked alerts
- · Smart Mode auto-thresholds
- · Up to 1,000 variants monitored
Unlimited
- · Bundle support
- · Everything in Growth, plus:
- · Multi-location alerts (up to 20)
- · Priority email support
- · Unlimited variants monitored
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureEasy to use. No coding. No scripts to install. No rules to configure. Automatically get notified when inventory levels fall below thresholds you set. You can send the alert to one email address or multiple emails. The email can also include CSV file. This way, you can easily identify products that need attention.
StockAlert sends instant low stock alerts and out of stock notifications by email, so you never lose sales to empty shelves. Set a global low inventory threshold or custom thresholds per variant. Choose instant inventory alerts, a daily digest, or both. Excluded products are tracked separately. New products sync automatically when added to your store.
- Track low inventory for all your Shopify locations, including POS & warehouses
- Set alerts by product, collection, variant, or storewide
- No complex rules needed to create alerts. No coding
- Run report on demand or schedule it. Bulk set alerts.
- Instant email alerts when any product or variant runs low or out of stock.
- Daily digest email summarizing all low-stock variants in one message.
- Monitor every variant individually with custom per-variant thresholds.
- Automatic product sync — new products appear in StockAlert instantly.
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Low Inventory Alert Guru |  StockAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Low Inventory Alert Guru | StockAlert |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 9(ahead) | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Low Inventory Alert Guru | StockAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6.95/month(ahead) | $7.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Low Inventory Alert Guru | StockAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #204 | #107 |
| Shopify App Charts | #6 on Featured by Shopify in Inventory optimization | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 14, 2020 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Cork Labs | Noomua |
FAQ
Low Inventory Alert Guru and StockAlert: common questions
- Is Low Inventory Alert Guru or StockAlert cheaper?
- Only StockAlert lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.95/month for Low Inventory Alert Guru and $7.99/month for StockAlert. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Low Inventory Alert Guru or StockAlert?
- On the Shopify App Store: Low Inventory Alert Guru 5.0 from 9 reviews and StockAlert 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Low Inventory Alert Guru lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Multi-location, SKUs, Threshold alerts. StockAlert lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Custom alerts, Email, Inventory sync. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 22, 2026 for Low Inventory Alert Guru, Oct 25, 2026 for StockAlert; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 22, 2026 for Low Inventory Alert Guru, Oct 25, 2026 for StockAlert. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.